Greatest songs to only get to number two

[Jam Tomorrow]

I read this song was about a concert Sweet performed in Scotland were the crowd literally went berserk and they had to leg it from the stage.

 

[threespires]

My first favourite band as a little kid, loved ‘Glam Rock’.

Teenage Rampage was the first single I ever bought with my own pocket money, from Woolies I think.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Teenage Rampage was the first single I ever bought with my own pocket money, from Woolies I think.

Tell you what mate, it’s actually got me thinking now whether it was my first too, I can’t think of any I’d bought previously, not that that’s any guarantee with my memory these days, pretty sure it was an orange label on the disc in the old style sleeve ?

 

[threespires]

Tell you what mate, it’s actually got me thinking now whether it was my first too, I can’t think of any I’d bought previously, not that that’s any guarantee with my memory these days, pretty sure it was an orange label on the disc in the old style sleeve ?

Yep orange label, for some reason I remember that vividly! Think it was on RCA but wouldn't swear to that bit.

 

[Really_here]

Pretty sure the first single I ever bought was "Ride a White Swan"

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

Personal favourites from here I can’t believe didn’t get to number 1

1000 UK number 2 hit songs, 1952-2016

Single cover for Oasis’ 1995 number 2 hit ‘Wonderwall’, the third-biggest selling single never to reach number 1 in the UK and the 600th number 2 single overall – and it imm…

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4 seasons - rag doll
Petula Clark – Downtown
Tom Jones – Delilah
Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
The Casuals – Jesamine
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
Free – All Right Now
The Kinks – Lola
Paul McCartney – Another Day
David Bowie – The Jean Genie
The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
Queen – Killer Queen
Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You
Billy Ocean – Red Light Spells Danger
Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You
ABBA – Chiquitita
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Oliver’s Army
Squeeze – Up the Junction
Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This
King – Love and Pride
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
David Bowie – Absolute Beginners
INXS – Need You Tonight
Erasure – Crackers International (EP
Technotronic ft Felly – Pump Up the Jam
Seal – Crazy

 

[normskih]

Personal favourites from here I can’t believe didn’t get to number 1

1000 UK number 2 hit songs, 1952-2016

Single cover for Oasis’ 1995 number 2 hit ‘Wonderwall’, the third-biggest selling single never to reach number 1 in the UK and the 600th number 2 single overall – and it imm…

historseye.wordpress.com

4 seasons - rag doll
Petula Clark – Downtown
Tom Jones – Delilah
Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
The Casuals – Jesamine
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
Free – All Right Now
The Kinks – Lola
Paul McCartney – Another Day
David Bowie – The Jean Genie
The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
Queen – Killer Queen
Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You
Billy Ocean – Red Light Spells Danger
Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You
ABBA – Chiquitita
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Oliver’s Army
Squeeze – Up the Junction
Fat Larry’s Band – Zoom
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This
King – Love and Pride
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
David Bowie – Absolute Beginners
INXS – Need You Tonight
Erasure – Crackers International (EP
Technotronic ft Felly – Pump Up the Jam
Seal – Crazy

How did Olivia Newton John not get to number one with that song? Criminal, I tell you, criminal:(

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

How did Olivia Newton John not get to number one with that song? Criminal, I tell you, criminal:(

Yep. That was the song she was singing when I fell in love with her.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

In The Hair Tonight


Visual expressions from the Gorilla are immense

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Got to nos 2 and Almost There


Thought it was Jim Kirk at first glance.